An omelette, sent with love; the Daily Moose returns for one day and so do insults flung at me by horses

I ate breakfast at Abby's this morning. Margie didn't come. She was not feeling

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I wasn't going to post, but, look, I did, and all because of the damned school bus, but that's not all I posted

This is the

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First day of spring - joggers in the cold, young writer with cash

It was the first day of spring and when I got up this morning and went out

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Seven years ago today, two were wed as one; now they are five and we... we... we get to eat pizza

Seven years ago today, my family, plus Lavina's and many other relatives and friends gathered together a short distance up the mountains just above Flagstaff, Arizona and it was snowing. There Jacob and Lavina exchanged their vows and became one.

Now they are five.

And we... Margie and I... are so much more than we ever imagined possible.

We had their three sons, our grandsons, with us over the weekend. The idea was to give Jacob and Lavina some time to get out and celebrate, go do some downhill skiing at Aleyska or cross country skiing at Hatcher's Pass. Instead, they gave the boys' bedroom a new paint job and did some other fixing up around the house.

Today, their anniversary, they came to pick up their boys and to snatch our grandsons away from us once again, but it was okay because they brought pizza.

The pizza was damn good.

Matu and the Shamrock hat at Abby's - Abby's new schedule means I can go for breakfast even when I want to eat early and on Monday's, too

Today I ate breakfast at Abby's with James Matumeak - "Matu" - and Eileen Boskofsky, friends from Barrow who recently moved south into this neighborhood. Matu did not really come to breakfast in the shamrock hat. Abby wore it to work. Somehow, Emily got it off of Abby's head and put it on James to protect him from all pinches on this St. Patrick's Day.

Friday morning was pretty hard for me. On my first day back from a trip, I always go to Abby's for breakfast, unless that day is Monday as that has been her day off. Trouble was, on this Friday I could not sleep much past 6:00 AM and I like to eat shortly after I get up but Abby's didn't open until 9:00 AM.

I wanted to eat there so badly, I toughed it out and the wait proved worth it.

Neither situation is going to be a problem anymore. Abby's has changed her schedule and she will now be open seven days a week, on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 8.:00 PM, Saturdays, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM and on Sunday's 9-2.

Life will be better for me now.

Abby asked if I would post her schedule change and of course I said yes. I would do whatever I could to help Abby - just as I would Carmen at Metro.

On that day, Friday, when I went to the counter to pay, she took half of my breakfast. I guess that makes this kind of like a paid advertisement and sometimes I have been surprised to go to the counter and find a discount after someone has come in and told her they came try her cooking because they read about her on this blog.

Truth is, though, I would have run the schedule change no matter what, and would write about eating at Abby's no matter what. I don't do it for half off. I do it because Abby's is the best restaurant in Wasilla, especially for breakfast, in terms of both food and atmosphere. I want her to stay in business so I can keep eating there, even at twice the price.

Sometimes, Carmen won't let me pay for coffee, either.